Miner&#39;s-lamp-carrying means.



L. SMITH. MINEWS LAMP CARRYING MEANS. AEPLlCATlON FILED MAY 24. 19x1.

Patented Feb. 19, 1918.

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2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- a m Iva M14218 LUIS SMITH, 0F CARET'I'A, WESTVIRGINIA.

MINERS-LAMP-CARRYING MEANS.

vspecification of Letters Patent. PatentedFel'o. lift), 1918.

Application filed May 24, 1817. Serial No. 170,584. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Luis SMITH, a subject of the King of Hungary,resident of Caretta, county of McDowell, and State of West Virginia,have invented certain new ing-of a person.

- terial part of this disclosure,

A further object is to provide such means in forms which may be readilyattached to caps of the ordinary style, and whereby the lamp maybesecured or released in an expeditious, safe and easy manner.

These and other like objects are attained by the novel construction andcombination of parts hereafter described and shown in the accompanyingdrawings, forming a ma and in which Figure 1 is a perspective viewshowing an ordinary type of miners lamp and its attachment to a cap suchas is worn by miners.

Fig. 2 is a partial side elevational and sectional view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary transverse sectional View taken on line 33 ofFig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a similar sectional View taken on line 4: of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a front elevational view of the attachment showing the mannerof disengaging the lamp.

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the attachment, and

Fig. 7 is a bottom plan view of the same. Figs. 1 and 2 show the crown10 of the cap formed with a cylindrical body portion 11, to which isattached the visor 12, the whole being of the usual type ofconstruction, as is also that of the lamp 15, provided with a base 16,top 17 and lens holder 18.

i The invention consists of a supporting frame 20, having an angularlyturned, flange-like projection 21 at its bottom upon which the base 16of the lamp is adapted to rest, and contains an elongated slot 22 or"increased area at its upper end 23, in which are receivable theout-turned ends 25 of a resilient wire ring 26, adapted to engage thelower part of the lamp, and by means of which it is held against theframe 20 when des1red,'orby rais ng the ring so that the extendmg ends25 may pass through "the enlarged opening 23, permits the lamp to beremoved.

Formed with the frame 20 is, a horizontally turned element 27, 28,across which is secured a transverse pin 29, the support element 27being then turned down at 30, and bent outwardly into an arm 31, securedby rivets 32 or the like to the crown 10 of the cap.

Passing through the arm 31 is a rod 35, having a knob 36 at its extremelower end and being encircled by a spring 37 so as to be held normallydownward.

The upper end 38 of the rod 35 is turned horizontally and bent obliquelydownward at 39, terminating in a hook 40 adapted to pass through theloop 4-2, rigidly secured to the head 17 of the lamp.

Thus when the rod 35 is in a downward, normal position, it is held bythe spring 37,

the hook passing through the loop 42 engaging with the pin 29, firmlysecuring the lamp in place.

, In order to further secure the base 16 of the lamp in position, avertical plate 15 is formed arcuately and has an arm 46 secured byrivets l8 to the vizor 12, so that the lamp is held at three separatefixed points firmly in engagement with the cap.

W'hen it is desired to removethe same, it is merely necessary to graspthe rod 38, as indicated more particularly in Fig. 5, raising the same,so as to cause it to disengage with the pin 29 and pass'up through theloop 42; at the same time, the resilient spring ring ends 25 aredisengaged from the slot 20, whereupon the lamp may be removed. 7

From the foregoing, it will be seen that a neat and practical device hasbeen presented whereby the lamp may be directly and firmly engaged withthe cap.

containing a slot Having thus described my invention, what therewith.

mally holding said hook in engagement: lucipnen saidlamp, a hooked eleinent slid- 1'0 7 r r V zabl y engaged in said bracket, means for 2,In a device of the class described, the engaging said -hooked element insaid 100p,

: combination with a cap and gz -lamp of-a and means permitting thedisengagement of bracket rigidly secured to said cap, said ,said hookfrom said 100p.

bracket containing {an elongated slot having In testimony whereof I.have aflixed my 15 an enlarged upper end, a resilient ring ensignature. h clrchng said lamp havlnfg turned ends .adaptedto engagethe-mentiqned slet, a M ii Y I LUIS SMITH.

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